Yay! Today we had 4 more seconds of daylight than yesterday and tomorrow we'll get 8 more seconds of daylight than today!
And I want you all to know that I appreciate every one of those seconds!
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Okay, so this is going to be amusing to maybe like five people on the planet but...
I've been studying teeline, a shorthand system most typically employed by UK journalists (though apparently becoming less common). In this writing system there are various phrases that have commonly used abbreviations. In today's lesson, the instructor mentioned that the phrase "grievous bodily harm" can be written as GBH.
As an #ExMormon, this abbreviation amuses me.
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So, I've had this recent medical condition that we're trying to get a handle on. Of course, my doctor is pointing to the #ADHD meds I've been on for years without issue as the culprit. I saw that coming from a mile away.
He was unable to suggest an alternative.
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@TiiaAurora ๐ I spent 12 Years in a high-demand religion. If I've learned anything from the experience, it's that toxic perfectionism takes a toll on you.
I'm trying to do the best I can, and correcting mistakes as I become aware of them. That's all anyone can really do.
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The thing about perfectionism is, that there is not such a thing as the perfect way anyway.
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So, I think I figured out why my glucose levels (which had been improving) are spiking again. I got these protein bars to snack on that say they have 3g of sugar. Looking more closely at the label, they actually have a bunch of other stuff that breaks down into sugar as well.
That's unfortunate. They were tasty.
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What's with all the ../ memes for the past few weeks or so? I get that not sanitizing input for this is a serious security vulnerability, but it's such an elementary exploit that I don't understand why it suddenly seems to be all the rage. What's next? SQL injections? Buffer overflows?
I assume some big company made this mistake recently and I just wasn't paying attention?
#FountainPens
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A great conversation in the supporter Discord/Matrix reminded me that it's about time to share this fantastic item by @heydon.
Anyway, yes HTML is a programming language and folks who argue with this statement in my comments will be muted, blocked, defederated, or all three.
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Because I have a habit of misplacing things, I have a rule where my glasses are concerned: on my face or in the case.*
This rule does not help me so much when I misplace the case itself.
* This also serves to prevent me from leaving my glasses somewhere that they might be damaged.
#ADHD
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My son has a much loved audiobook that he listens to every night. But. One of the line reads in it scared him sometimes, and he sometimes fears to listen because he's worried about it.
We talked, and we're experimenting with a version of the story where the line is said in my voice, I opened the file, cut out the scary line, said it instead in my voice, and left the rest of the audiobook intact.
Talk to me again about DRM.
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@Mister Spinalzo yeah! I 100% paid for the book for my son to enjoy! The line reading was great! But sometimes the line read of "a dragon surprises the main character" is too scarey for an anxious 5yo!
Thanks for writting books it's important work!
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โNot cool, brain,โ i sometimes quip. We have fun, me and my brain.
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- It's been sitting here for hours and it's cold.
- Oh sweet summer child, if I didn't drink cold tea, I wouldn't ever get to drink any tea at all. And not for lack of trying.
So the doctor has me on a heart monitor. I'm supposed to wear it for 72 hours and go about my life as normal. First night in, I woke up to two of the leads having detached.
When I was there, they showed me how to replace them and gave me spares so I was able to do that, but this doesn't bode well for the next two nights. I can't control what I do while unconscious.
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I did some work on porting miller's work on the risc-v userspace over to 9front, the toolchain works well enough to compile all of /sys/src (at least at the time of its writing). There was some work on a qemu targeted kernel but people lost steam and we never got it booting to userspace.
If you want to check out the userspace parts you can find it here: shithub.us/moody/riscv/HEAD/inโฆ
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@moody I probably don't have the C for this, but I wanna! I am gonna look and then mostly get lost.
I should buy DevTerm R01s for some Plan9 devs...
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For this reason, I do a research about one new ink to see if I want to buy it.
I look at as many tests as I can found, because the colors on some of them look very different.
And you can't be sure until you do your own color test.
Thanks for sharing yours.
Got back hone from an appointment with a form that specifically says it's to be filled out with blue or black ink.
Why do people have to be so boring?
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#FountainPens #Wearingeul
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So it seems that to get the full effect of these new #FountainPen #inks, we need to get our hands on a wetter pen than the ones we've been using.
I have a TWSBI Diamond 580 that should fit the bill, but I'm waiting on a replacement cap that's stuck in the mail strike.
In the meantime, can anyone recommend a reasonably priced (ideally in the sub $100 range) that lays down a good amount of ink?
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A CEO gets murdered, and there's a cash reward and a national manhunt along with coverage on every outlet imaginable. Law enforcement pleading for help from the public. Former NYPD Chief of Department made a statement expressing how the person who killed the CEO is not prepared for "how far the NYPD is going to go" in collecting surveillance for the investigation.
The reality is that cops don't even solve most murders. And they sure as hell don't put a fraction of the effort in finding the suspects as they do when it's someone like this. Someone like them. One of them.
Two migrants were recently stabbed in NY, one of them fatally so. It won't get this same kind of attention and resources. The only people and things police serve are the ruling class and their property.
Law enforcement and people in positions of power such as the CEO devalue the lives of many to benefit their own.
Ever since the news came out about the CEO, the responses have been overwhelmingly celebratory.
People all across the country have been wounded by the same sword. All sorts of people have been relating to the violence these vultures perpetuate.
I really hope people don't let it stop here and think about all the ways in which we are impacted by an inherently oppressive capitalist system.
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Migrant teen stabbed to death, another wounded in Lower Manhattan; 3 suspects sought
Police say before the chaos, words were exchanged when one of the suspects asked the teens if they spoke English. When they replied 'no,' that's when things took a turn for the worse.Eyewitness News (ABC7 New York)
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How old does a #FountainPen have to be before it's considered #vintage? The very first one I ever bought back in 2012 (a Parker GT Urban) doesn't seem to be available any more, though it is still available in ballpoint. Still, maybe I'm just getting old but 2012 doesn't feel very "vintage" to me.
I mean, it's kinda scuffed up because I was a newbie who had no idea how to take care of it, but I'm not looking to sell it or anything. It's more of a curiosity, really.
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*looks at my collection of inks*
*whistles innocently*
To be fair, they're mostly samples, relatively few actual bottles.
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Some people are now thinking the murder of the UHC CEO was a professional hit.
As I've said before (and others have been disagreeing with me), murdering people for profit is wrong.
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So I went into the pharmacy to follow up on the renewal of my #ADHD meds. Turns out this new doctor did in fact respond to the fax requesting the renewal but specifically specified not to fill it until the literal day I was supposed to run out.
Fortunately, I occasionally forget to take them, so I have a few spares, but God damn this guy doesn't understand how ADHD works.
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@hyperreal I actually got a 90 day supply last time. The pharmacy's been able to give me 100 pills in the past.
It's definitely the doctor. My previous one retired and this guy took over. He'd made no secret of the fact that he doesn't like my being on these meds.
I love that he'll let me have a 90 day supply at a time, but picking up the refill a week and a bit in advance is out of the question for some reason. ๐
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@Bernie A Bit Merrily Does It This.
It reminds me of a previous time I went to pick my prescription up at the pharmacy.
Pharmacist: So, you've been without these for 20 days then?
Me: Technically yes. Just not the 20 days you think.
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Debian is fine.
Folks like to complain that the packages are too old, but Flatpak makes that not even a thing anymore for most of us.
You know what I like? That I can pull out a laptop I haven't touched in three weeks and there's little that needs updating.
Debian? It's fine. If you like it, you're fine too.
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flatpaks are glorious and youโll do better in this space being positive and not harping on things other folks like.
@vkc On Debian stable, I prefer using Guix as a second package manager to FlatPak whenever possible. They have much more fine-grained deduplication of package dependencies than FlatPak, and also make it easier to build the latest versions of many software from source. It is command-line only though, so I canโt recommend it to non-power-users.
While Guix is a great tool for development/system management (especially with Guix System,) I think you need to know your use case for it to make sense. You kind of need to be aware of the value in reproducible environments and systems in your workflow.
For a user who just wants to get the app they want to use, Flatpak is really remarkable, and I find it really convenient that I can just tell my friends to get whatever they need from GNOME Software or Discover.
Guix would be hard to integrate with a GUI while keeping the benefits, I think. Not that it's not possible, but configuration as code is its strongest aspect, and that means that it needs some programming skills, and we're not in a place where we can expect everyone to be able to do that.
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I use Carolina A7 Mini Composition Books, because they fit in a shirt pocket. $1.99 for a pack of 4 at Bi-Mart, so they're a fraction of the price of fancy notepads. And yet they have a sewn binding, and the paper is adequate. Part of my everyday carry.
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@Dianora (Diane Bruce) I was a little out of practice, but my handwriting's starting to improve again, though I've mostly been writing in teeline (shorthand) which is pretty illegible in the first place.
I don't feel the need to gatekeep the term "hobbyist". I consider myself to have been a hobbyist from the day I bought my first fountain pen.
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Autism Databases: What Can I Do?
I have had a few people email me over the years asking what they can do to fight against state autism databases. Whenever this issue gets attention, I am glad and hopeful that we can move towards eliminating these databases. At the same time, I do not always have the bandwidth to answer every message I get (except messages from clients, which I do my best to always answer).
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Autism Databases: What Can I Do?
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@Sable_Shade Honestly I canโt find good reasons why these exist. Idk about any policies in Australia as Iโve never practiced there but I hope they do not have one!
North Dakotaโs heath department states they need the information for โresearch purposesโ but are not at all transparent about what that even means. Most I can find is they exist because the government refuses to stop them
@Dr. Amy, Psy.D. @Sable Shade ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ No one throughout history has ever done anything nefarious in the name of "research purposes", right?
Right??
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>" North Dakotaโs heath department states they need the information for โresearch purposesโ but are not at all transparent about what... "
be unlawful without consent??
It is here, I'm pretty sure of that (NOT a lawyer!).
It sickens me that more professionals, any, do not speak out on these things and call on those who can, to help!
Thanks FYT๐
Are both the server and the client on a recent Luanti version? If so I would have expected this bug to be fixed.
There is a Lua API function called player:respawn(), but it is not directly accessible via a chatcommand. Something like //lua core.get_player_by_name"<playername>":respawn() should work if you have WorldEdit installed and they are online. /killme and /hp are also worth a shot as Dirk pointed out.
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in reply to Bob Jonkman • • •The first person to come out with "Ah the nights are drawing out" gets their forehead stapled to the door frame.
#Solstice #WinterSolstice
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I don't think it's exponential. More of a dodgy sine wave but my astrophysics is a bit rusty.
If it was exponential, then there would need to be a regular cataclysmic change. Get the timing wrong by a fraction of a nanosecond and the earth would fly off to oblivion.
Oooh - proof of a God ... right there. Oh well done! Proof by assertion comes up with God (pick your flavour) again.
Sorry, couldn't resist 8)
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Die Hard Is a Christmas Movie
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I'm going by the SunTimes widget on my phone; I'm at 43ยฐN latitude, I expect the rate of change goes faster the further north you are.
According to SunTimes, we should get a full minute change on 3 January 2025, maxing out at 3m1s on the Spring Equinox, 20 March 2025.
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#Astronomy
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Come join us when we reach the equinox, you'll get the best of both hemispheres then!
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Orbital mechanics is a harsh (and complicated) mistress.
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#OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy
The earliest sunset comes before the winter solstice
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in reply to Bob Jonkman • • •We should really have a giant feast around winter solstice, with lots of tiny lights to compensate for the darkness, and like a get-together with the whole family with some good food, and maybe some gifts.
Makes you wonder why no such feast exists.